Sam White, a New Mexico ranch native, moved to College Station in 1983 to study history at Texas A&M University. In 1993 he and his wife, Sondra (Class of 1987) - moved to the Western Pacific - where Sam flew for Continental Airlines until 2003. Their son, Quentin, was born on Guam in 1998, and the family also spent two years living in Hawaii. In 2003 the Whites left the islands and returned to the Brazos Valley to raise their son.